Bridgeton pioneer., 1887-05-26
OLEOMARGARINE!
Where and How it is Made.

Oleomargarins is word that is fam
iliar to all newspaper readers in this
vicinity, as it has been the subject of
many trials before our Justices and
higher Courts. The latest report of
the State Dairy Commissioner treats
very largely upon this subject and we
give an interesting sketch of the com
pound. According to the report of
| the Commissioner, only two persons
are licensed to sell the article in this
city. II
1t was in 1859 when Frenchman
named Mege Mouries, commenced to
experiment with certain questions of
cheap food products, especially for the
navy, and imitation butter wss one of
| the first he took up. His ingredient
4 principally was the fat portion of the
COW and oxen. His experiments were
successful to certain degree, and in
1878 he had his invention patented in
England.
| Many patents have been granted for
different methods Of manufactures, and
yet not one of them is in use to-day.
The business is open to every person
who wishes to engage in it. The origi-
Lal patent of Mege was purchased by
an American syndicate. The COM
piler of the State Commissioners book
was unable to correctly date the first
manufacture of the article in this
country, but procured it in 1870 in the
labratory OF Columbia College in New
York. Since then many improvements
have been made and the business is
carried on largely.
From the years 1877 to the end of
1885, when the national law went into
effect about 80 factories had been es-
tablished. On the first of December,
1886, there were only 81 factories in the
country, Illinois having the greatest
number, 10; and New Jersey being en-
tirely without them. The fact that
Illinois has such a large number is due
because in Chicago there are eight of
these factories situated by the large
slaughter houses, the offal fat of the
animals killed being used.
The quantity of the article in the
country is great. On December 1st,
the report shows that there were 1880
tons of oleomargarine at the factories
and ware houses of the country. The
manufacture of oleomargarine is not
much benefit to the laborer of the
of the country only 1,500 persons have
employment, as the process of manu-
facture is all mechanical and simple
In France, Belgium and Germany there
are hundreds of factories, and the i'm
dustry is far in advance of the United
States. A description of the manu-
ture cannot be given at length in this
article, but it is safe to say that few
would use the compound after once
seeing the method of its creation. -
Esquire Riley, who has sat on the
bench in the trial of these cases told a
PIONEER reporter that since he had
heard the testimony of Shippen Wal
lace, State Analyzer, it was impossible
for him to even eat butter fresh from
the churn.
The expenses and income for a fac
tory working with the popular method
and turning out 5000 pounds of oleo-
margarine has been figured out by the
State Commissioner as follows: All ex-
penses, $960,00; value of products, ST.
10000; profit per day, $4,000. From
these figures it is plain to be seen that
the profit is greatan the adulteration
must be great to admit it, 1t is a
pleasure to know that only two per-
sons in this city have license to sell
such stuff.
To many it has seemed that the
State officials have been too severe in
dealing with cases which were not
very important from the fact that the
failure of a simple black band is enough
to make a man liable to fine of 500
and all the costs of the prosecution, but
it is for the good of the country. 1t is
done because the law has been so
framed that it is almost impossible to
live under it and obey its restric-
tions, and by so doing it is to be
hoped that the manufacture of it will
be stopped entirely. In this State last
year there were 149 persons with a
license to sell it, but since the prosecu-
ton has been at work, many of them
are giving up the business.
The Auditing Committee of the
Delaware Bay and Maurice River Cove
Oyster Association met at Middleton's
Hotel, Port Norris, Saturday after
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